Diy Aluminum Melting Furnace

Very simple aluminum furnace by mrhomescientist.

Diy aluminum melting furnace.

Cover the top of the furnace with a brick. In today s video i ll show you how i built a very crude aluminum melting furnace. Diy metal melting furnace published by joão duarte on 26 08 2016 26 08 2016 the world is always evolving fast and new technologies emerging like metal 3d printing but sometimes it just feels good to do things the old way. Let it cool for about 1 2 an hour because the metal holds heat very well.

Allow the furnace to heat the crucible and melt the metal before taking it out with tongs for casting. A crucible is a metal container that you put inside of your furnace that holds the metal you re melting. When the aluminum is liquid skim the floaties off the top with the hooked metal rod until the molten aluminum looks like a shiny pool of mercury. Put the metal you want to melt inside the crucible and use a pair of fire tongs to set it in the middle of your furnace.

Thanks to youtube user mrhomescientist. Slowly feed the metal in until it reaches the level of the pipe fitting. Let it heat the furnace for about 15 minutes. Homemade propane foundry furnace melt aluminium metal tutorial how to build part 1 of 4.

Pour the molten metal into the pan. This amazing video will show you how to diy very simple aluminum furnace. And now you have a dollop of solid aluminium. Now it s ready to pour.

To melt aluminum you will need to have a furnace capable of high temperatures and the proper equipment and safety procedures in place.